单词 | inaugurate |
释义 | † inaugurateadj. Obsolete. Inaugurated, ceremoniously or formally installed into office: see incontrair adv. and prep. (Construed as past participle) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointing formally or ceremonially > appointed formally or ceremonially installeda1592 inaugurate1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xxxvi. 655 Dolabella was inaugurat or installed king of the sacrifices. 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ix. 232 The new state, to wch Christ was inaugurate at his resurrection. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 533 That the consuls might be made and inaugurate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). inauguratev. 1. (See quots.)Apparently only attested in dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > soothsay [verb (intransitive)] > consult inaugurate1604 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (intransitive)] > ask counsel of augurs inaugurate1604 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Inaugurate, to aske counsell of soothsayers. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Inaugurate..to ask counsel of the Augures what shall follow, to dedicate to soothsaying. 2. transitive. To admit or induct (a person) to an office or dignity by a formal ceremony; to consecrate, install, invest. Also with complement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > admit to office formally or ceremonially stallc1384 invest1489 induct1548 install1548 inaugur1549 endue1565 investure1566 intitule1576 entitle1587 inaugurate1606 inaugurize1611 complete1650 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxii. 344 More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, Than shee to hers by-passed, he to his possessed Throne. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvii. 261 The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were. 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 261 They behoved to be doctorated ere they were inaugurated bishops. 1718 S. Ockley Hist. Saracens II. 164 Yezid..was inaugurated Chaliph on the New Moon of the Month Rejeb. 1786 R. Burns Let. Aug. (2001) I. 46 I have..made my public appearance, and am solemnly inaugurated into the numerous class of Authors. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 337 When Cromwell was inaugurated in Westminster Hall. 1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 380 We stayed there until Scarborough was inaugurated. ΚΠ 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 136 The inaugurated Statues..being set up by skilfull enchaunters in..the temple, or else secretly digged in the ground, were thought to appease..the Gods, and to protect the Country. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 137 The inaugurated statues, which now adays..are called Talisman. 4. To make auspicious or of good augury; to confer solemnity or sanctity upon; to sanctify, consecrate. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)] hallow971 blessc1000 teemc1275 bensyc1315 sacrec1380 dediec1430 consecratea1464 dedify1482 sanctify1483 consacrea1492 speak1502 vow1526 dedicate1530 sequester1533 celebrate1584 devote1586 vow1600 to set apart1604 devout1615 devove1619 devow1626 inauguratea1639 behallow1648 sanctificatea1677 sanctize1691 mancipate1715 sacrate1755 sacrify1827 sacrament1829 sacralize1933 a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 79 Those beginnings of years were very propitious unto him, as if Kings did chuse remarkable dayes to inaugurate their favours, that they may appeare acts as well of the Times, as of the Will. 1847 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath (1848) i. 7 And now succeeds the Sabbath which inaugurates all these accomplishments,..as it perfects, illustrates, and glorifies the wondrous Hebdomade. 5. ‘To begin with good omens’ (Johnson); to begin (a course of action, period of time, etc., esp. of an important character) with some formal ceremony or notable act; to commence, enter upon; to introduce, usher in; to initiate. (Sometimes merely grandiose for ‘begin’.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate auspicate1611 augurate1624 to usher in1646 inaugurate1755 augur1865 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Inaugurate,..to begin with good omens, to begin. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 i. 22 The revolution was to be inaugurated without a single deed of violence to any Italian. a1861 E. B. Browning Sabbath Morning v And sky and heaven made mighty room To inaugurate the vision. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxi. 428 He would certainly have inaugurated a new era on the East Coast of Africa. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 159 The daily work of the school was inaugurated and generally concluded..with the ceremony of engaging publicly in prayer. 6. To initiate the public use of, introduce into public use by a formal opening ceremony (a statue, fountain, building, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate > into public use inaugurate1852 open1889 inaugur1890 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. xiii. 237 The augurs were to attend in order to inaugurate the ground where the soldiers were to meet.] 1852 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 21 June (1874) II. xvii. 282 On the 18th instant, Steell's equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington was inaugurated, as it is now the fashion to call such proceedings—a pedantic and meaningless term. 1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 630 Then, why is everything ‘inaugurated’? It is silly enough to talk about the ‘inauguration’ of a new statue; but we have quite got beyond that. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1600v.1604 |
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